Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

I chose this video because it's different to the other 3 I have chosen to research for this section of the course. The Fleet Foxes video almost shows illustration to the lyrics, but as the lyrics do not make much sense as sentences it is hard to place what style of video this is; there is reference to 'summertime' and 'winter' which could show the idea of seasons changing, but I am unsure how to label this video otherwise.

This tube-chopped section shows how the movement changes when the beat of the song kicks in, as before this the instruments are slow and solemn, not that they get much more upbeat throughout the song but there is a slight tempo change. I really like the way this video is made up of thousands of still shots and they have been strung together to look like a video, this is the same style as the popular TV show and films 'Wallace and Gromit'. To recreate a small section of our own music video using still images would show that we can do more than just film some actors miming and add some edge to the video - depending on the song of choice. There are some very detailed still shots in this clip which shows just how intricate the movement in still images has to be to create a smooth video effect.

In this section I have picked out the fast season change alongside the slow movements of the set and characters, because they haven't used real people or real surroundings the editors could capture the contrast of speed by altering the still images in different stages; If we were to choose to do anything like this and used real people we would have to edit it during post-production of the video to get the best quality edit.

The end of the video is very similar to the beginning, in that it resumes the calm, solemn theme of the song. All in all this video could represent the seasons of a year; at the start it shows little movement and soft instruments - this could represent winter; then the beat kicks in and the plasticine characters start harvesting and the sun comes out in some shots - representing the transition from spring to summer; followed by the fast paced transition through autumn showing the flowers dying and then it ends on winter again and shows the last shot of the old man shutting his eyes, almost as if he is hibernating for the winter season ahead.